Orion Nebula from December

(repost, cropped because reddit compressed the original one)

SQA55, Nikon z30 unmodded
Svbony 40mm guide scope, ZWO ASI120MM mini guide cam
SWSA GTI (think I'm pushing the limits of this mount with this payload)

NINA for platesolving then PHD2 for guiding. I could not get NINA to work with my Nikon camera so I used NX Tether. In PHD2, I selected Manual Guide > Dither for dithering every few frames.

102 x 5s = 8.5min
46 x 20s = 15min 20s
32 x 3min = 1hr 36min
Total = just shy of 2hrs
All were shot at 1000iso for easier calibration frames (darks, flats, flat darks)

Shot under Bortle 2 skies in Kanchanaburi, Thailand (it was amazing haha)

Edited using PixInsight, with NoiseX and BlurX.
This was my first time editing an HDR image. Took a lot of trial and error. One tip i can give is to do a bunch of micro-stretches to reach the image you want.

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